The Best Of The Best! The Winning Images From The World Press 2018 Photo Contest

Every year the good folks over at World Press Photo scour thousands of images to pick out the best of the best from the past year. Today they are back, and with them, they bring a look at the winning images of their 61st annual photo contest. The 2018 batch of photos started with 73,044 images captured by 4,548 international photographers from 125 countries across the glove.

The first place price of around $12,300 USD went to Agence France-Presse journalist Ronaldo Schmidt who snapped a photo of a young man engulfed in flames at Caracas, Venezuela. The rest of the images feature compelling photographs from all over the world, from a number of events and more. These are indeed worth checking out. Flip through the winning pictures from the 2018 World Press Photo contest below and give us your thoughts in the comments.